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Harpens
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
See harpings.
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Harpings, or harpens, английский
The fore-parts of the wales which encompass the bow of a ship, and are fastened to the stem, being thicker than the after-part of the wales, in order to strengthen the ship in that place where she sustains the greatest shock of resistance in plunging into the sea, or dividing it, under a great pressure of sail. also, the pieces of oak, similar to ribbands, but trimmed and bolted to the shape of the body of the ship, which hold the fore and after cant bodies together, until the ship is planked. but this term is mostly applicable to those at the bow; hence arises the phrase “clean and full harpings.” harpings in the bow of a vessel are decried as rendering the ship uneasy.—cat harpings. the legs which cross from futtock-staff to futtock-staff, below the tops, to girt in the rigging, and allow the lower yards to brace sharp up.
Harmattan, английский
A fantee name for a singular periodical easterly wind which prevails on the west coast of africa, generally in december, january, and february; it is dry, though always accompanied by haze, the result of fine red dust suspended in the atmosphere and obscuring the sun; this wind is opposed to the sea-breeze, which would otherwise blow fresh from the west on to the land.
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